Mixed Media Panel: Girl with a Bird

 

Linda really enjoyed making a set of ATCs recently and thought they had potential to be scaled up. See how she’s applied similar ideas to a larger mixed media panel to paint stylised portraits using acrylics, collage and stencilling.

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Approximate run time: 20 minutes

Presenter: Linda Kemshall

Video Workshop - Linda really enjoyed making a set of ATCs recently and thought they had potential to be scaled up. See how she's applied similar ideas to a larger mixed media panel to paint stylised portraits using acrylics, collage and stencilling.
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To join in with this workshop you’ll need:

a painting panel, you can buy these in art shops, or just get some MDF from the DIY store like we did, they will often cut to size for you too.
acrylics, Linda used inks but paints will work just fine
acrylic matte gel
collage papers
stencils
permanent pens
your art kit (palette, brushes, scissors)

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